Fundraising stories

Happy Volunteers' Week!
It’s Volunteers’ Week! From giving talks and interviews on their personal experience, to advising on our responses to policy proposals, to reviewing the content we publish, the work volunteers do is essential to Beat.

Trekking the Great Wall of China for Beat
The trek challenged me both mentally and physically, and pushed me far out of my comfort zone!

I’d recommend skydiving for Beat to anyone!
I’ve chosen to raise funds for Beat for a very special, personal reason. In the summer of 2013, I was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.

Being able to raise for Beat is something I'll cherish forever
My partner and I chose the Great North Run to be our challenge because we knew it would be a push for us.

I felt incredibly nervous, yet excited too
It was in July this year that I completed the Iceland Trek. I signed up in August last year, thinking I had plenty of time to get my act together.

Q&A: Trekking Iceland for Beat
Kelly took part in a trek through the Icelandic wilderness to fundraise for Beat & has answered some questions to inspire other fundraisers!

Trekking through an eating disorder
For me, this was not simply a journey of losing weight, getting fitter, and gaining strength. In fact, those things were secondary in my mind.

Bathsheba describes her incredible trek through the Icelandic wilderness to raise money for Beat.

Fundraising for Beat: Tough Mudder & TrekFest
As I began to recover I was very determined to ‘give something back’ to the charity that had helped me so much.